Rupture appliance.



J. O. HOGLE & A. MEYER.

RUPTURE APPLIANCE.

APPLICATION rum) MAYG. 1909 Patented Feb. 8, 1910.

.. .M A252 q JNVENTORS. \JZzmes C s AT T JAMES C. HOGLE AND ALBERTMEYER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

RUPTURE APPLIANCE.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES C. HOGLE and ALBERT MEYER, citizens of theUnited States, residing at St. Louis, State of Missouri, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Rupture Appliances, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description, .reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

Our invention has relation to improvements in rupture appliances; and itconsists in the novel details of construction more fully set forth inthe specification and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the applicationof our invention; Fig. 2 is a top plan of the cushioning pad with partsbroken away; Fig. 3 is a middle section on the line 33 of Fig. 2; Fig.4. is an elevation of the same; and Fig. 5 is a bottom plan, with partsbroken away.

The object of our invention is to provide an appliance serving as arupture support which may be readily adjusted to its proper supportingposition; one which will afford a yielding contact to the affected part;one which is simple in construction, soft, c0nforming readily to themovements of the body, and one possessing further and other advantagesbetter apparent from a detailed description" of the invention which isas follows Referring to the drawings, B, represents a waist-band or beltapplied in the usual way. Mounted to slide along the belt is ourappliance or cushioning pad. The same consists of a block 1 preferablyof disk or circular form, one end thereof being provided with a marginalannular shoulder a on which rests the edge of a rubber cup 2, the samebeing secured to the reduced end of the block by a securingband 3,through which and through the walls of the cup, the fastening screws 4:are passed, said screws penetrating the walls of the reduced end of theblock. Secured to the face of such reduced end is the basal portion of ahelical spring 5, the outer end of which coils about the stem of a screw6 mounted in an arched distributing disk or plate 7 which bears againstthe inner wall of the cup, and distributes the Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed May 5, 1909.

Patented Feb. 8, 1910. Serial No. 494,163.

pressure thereover, a nut 8 being passed over the screw-stem and againstthe disk 7 to hold the parts in position.

The base of the block 1 is provided with a recess or depression 1'- withwhich communicates a narrower transverse recess 7". These recesses arefinally covered by a cover plate or disk 9 secured in position by screws10. The disk 9 thus forms with the base and sides of the recess 1* apassage way for the belt B thus permitting the block 1 to be shiftedalong the belt to the proper position and up in front of the partaffected and which is intended to be supported. Once the block with itscup or pad 2 has been properly adjusted, it is held against displacementby the securing strap 8, one end of which is inserted into the recess 1"and there secured to the cover plate 9 by means of screws 11, the strapbeing then passed around the leg and its opposite end secured to therear portion of the belt B (Fig. 1). The cup 20f course, forms a softcushioning pad, and the helical character of the spring allows for anyordinary movement of the body, the cup thus exerting a rolling motionover the part of the body or groin with which it contacts.

The pad (block and cup) may be made light, and durable and at littlecost.

By cup-shaped is of course meant any cup or dish-shaped 0r outwardlyconvexed form of yielding member such as shown.

Having described our invention, what we claim is:

1. A rupture appliance comprising a block provided with a passage-wayfor the free passage of a belt therethrough, a cupshaped member securedto the block and spanning the face of the block on the side oppositesaid passageway, a helical spring interposed between the cup and block,an arched bearing disk engaging the concave inner wall of the cup andconnected to the adjacent end of the spring, and a securing strap havingone end secured to the block on one side of the passage-way for thebelt, the opposite end of the strap being adapted to be secured to therear of the belt.

2. A rupture-pad having a block provided on one face with a depression,a cover plate spanning said depression and forming a the. outer end ofthe spring and bearing 10 passage-Way therewith, an annular shoulderagainst the concave Wall of the cup.

on the block, a cup having its edge supported In testimony whereof Weafiix our signathereby, a band encompassing the cup at the tures, inpresence of two Witnesses.

aforesaid shoulder, screws passed through JAMES C. HOGLE. the band andcup Walls and into the block, ALBERT MEYER.

a helical spring having its base secured to Witnesses:

the block on the face opposite the depression, EMIL STAREK,

and an arched distributing disk secured to J 0s. A. MICHEL.

